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WASH KAP and Coverage Survey in Refugee Sites – Shire Region Hitsats Camp, 2017

Ethiopia, 2017
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Reference ID
ETH_2017_KAP-HIT_v01_M
Producer(s)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
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Oct 14, 2021
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Survey instrument
  • Data collection
  • Data processing
  • Access policy
  • Data Access
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    ETH_2017_KAP-HIT_v01_M
    Title

    WASH KAP and Coverage Survey in Refugee Sites – Shire Region Hitsats Camp, 2017
    Country
    Name Country code
    Ethiopia ETH
    Abstract

    Hitsats Refugee Camp is located in the Tigray regional state of Ethiopia, at about 1092 km from the capital, Addis Ababa. The camp population is 10,361 (December, 2017 UNHCR). The camp hosts Eritrean refugees having different ethnic groups where the majorities are Tigrigna and Saho and some minorities of Tigre and Belian.

    Hitsats refugee camp was opened in May 2013 and the International Rescue Committee Ethiopia Environmental Health program has been working in the camp since May 5, 2013 with core mandate to provide safe water and sanitation services. The Environmental Health (EH) program is designed with the main objective of preventing mortality and morbidity due to diarrhea and other water borne diseases.

    The knowledge, attitude and practice (KPC) survey was conducted in December 2017 to serve as an end line survey for 2017 and as a baseline survey for 2018. 171 households were interviewed.

    Objective of the survey was to assess the improvements and gaps in knowledge, practice and coverage of Hitsats refugee community in relation to water, sanitation and hygiene promotion.

    In general, the study revealed the gravity of the identified problems, which focuses on latrine, water, hand washing practice, solid waste management and the risk of diarrhea disease.
    Unit of Analysis

    Household

    Version

    Version Description

    2.1: Edited, anonymous dataset for licensed distribution.

    Scope

    Notes

    The survey includes the following topics:

    • Household main characteristics
    • Sources of drinking and non-drinking water
    • Information about water collection
    • Hygiene of drinking water
    • General hygiene practices
    • Hand-washing habits and knowledge
    • Defecation habits and latrine types
    • Waste disposal
    • Diarrhoea
    Topics
    Topic
    Health
    Water Sanitation Hygiene

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    Hitsats camp, Shire

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    The survey was conducted with a systematic random sampling method in which all of the households in the refugee camp have same chance to be selected. Since the camp is divided into zones, the sample size to be collected per zone was determined using the sample proportional to the population size. The sampling interval of a zone was determined dividing the total number of households in the zone by number of samples to be collected in that zone. The instrument used for data collection was a structured pre-tested questionnaire using an application on smartphone.
    Weighting

    Sample weights for the household data were computed dividing, for each zone, the population by the sample size.

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    The survey questionnaire used to collect the data consists of the following sections: general information and demographics, water collection and storage, drinking water hygiene, hygiene, sanitation, messaging, distribution, diarrhoea prevalence and health seeking behaviour.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2017-12-19 2017-12-24
    Data Collectors
    Name
    International Rescue Committee
    Data Collection Notes

    A two-day orientation during December 19-20, 2017 was provided to data collectors and supervisors prior to the data collection. The theoretical training part was covered on the first day and a preparation test was done on the second day of the training. In addition to temporarily hired supervisors, one sanitation and hygiene promotion officer was responsible for the overall survey activities including data collection, data checking, and data uploading.

    Data processing

    Data Editing

    Data was anonymized through decoding and local suppression.

    Access policy

    Archive where study is originally stored

    United Nations Refugee Agency Microdata Library
    https://microdata.unhcr.org/index.php/catalog/154
    Original Archive Study ID: UNHCR_ETH_KAP_2017_SHIRE_HISTAST_v2.1
    Cost: None

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation Email
    The Curation Team UNHCR microdata@unhcr.org
    WASH Section UNHCR hqwash@unhcr.org
    Citation requirements

    Cite this data as follows:

    UNHCR (2017) WASH KAP and Coverage Survey in Refugee Sites – Shire Region Hitsats Camp. UNHCR microdata library: https://microdata.unhcr.org

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email
    Curation team UNHCR dencomdl@unhcr.org

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_ETH_2017_KAP-HIT_v01_M
    Producers
    Name
    UNHCR
    Date of Metadata Production

    2021-04-21

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 1 (April 2021). This version is identical to UNHCR DDI ID: UNHCR_ETH_KAP_2017_SHIRE_HISTAST_v2.1, except the following edits were made:

    • Minor spelling, grammatical, and formatting corrections
    • Specified the archive where study is originally stored
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